Frank Otis Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Alameda, California, Frank Otis Elementary caters to 569 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Alameda Unified. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Frank Otis Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Alameda Unified, a district that educates 9,260 students overall.

Demographically, Frank Otis Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Asian, 23% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Frank Otis Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Frank Otis Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Lincoln Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frank Otis Elementary. On composite proficiency, Frank Otis Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.3%.

Frank Otis Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Frank Otis Elementary's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 569).

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